Matt Simpson sent us this pic of a magnificent ceramic tile map depicting the extents of the North Eastern Railway line which he spotted at Pickering Station. Apparently there are also examples at York, Whitby and Tynemouth – can anyone send pics?
Steven
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This weekend Ken Field and John Nelson came to us for lunch before their appearances at the ESRI UK user group event this week. We went for a walk through Highgate Woods, jabbering about maps as we strolled. At some point I mentioned Ken’s recent 3D globe of riding sea […]
Bex Alexis-Martin shared this tiled map of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway that she spotted at Manchester Picadilly station A beautiful map at Victoria station, Manchester on my way to talk at @NorthumbriaUni I’ve got a hunch that there may be a few more of these map tiles waiting to […]
Merryn Henderson sent us this stylish advert for Kimbo coffee It’s an ad for a brand of coffee, at Bologna airport. Literally? “It all starts with ‘Kimbo’. All of the roads bring us the aromas…” but if we asked an ad agency to Anglicise it, we’d get something like: “Every […]
Alison Davis-Holland shared this impressive map of building evictions Eviction filings by state at the #NationBuildingMuseum Evicted exhibit at #FedGIS Cool viz but I want to see it standardized by population! I’m sure there is a corny play on words around MapBox here but I’ll leave that to you lot […]
Alex Wrottesley sent us these pics of a butterfly made out of an Ordnance Survey 1:50k map sheet. “Hola StevenSome lovely mappy artworks to take your mind off the football. Spotted in the wild in the Royal Lancaster Hotel – and OS to boot! Alex I am a bit puzzled by the […]
It’s Pesach (Passover) and Jews around the world will be eating a lot of matzah (unleavened bread). This map of Israel made out of pieces of matzah has been doing the rounds of social media and blogs recently. It will be considered controversial by some as it reflects the post […]
Mark Safran sent us this beautiful map of Newport Rhode Island which is hanging in the lobby of the Marriott Hotel, those guys seems to like an artistic map 🙂 “Here’s another one @MapsintheWild! This wonderful map is in the lobby of the Newport, RI Marriott. #MapsAsArt #nauticalthemes” It looks […]
Visiting friends recently and their kids had this fun blow up globe that serves as a beach ball and a geography primer. The photo opportunity was too sweet to miss as it reminded me of the famous sculpture of Atlas. “In Greek mythology, Atlas was a Titan condemned to hold […]
Codrina Ilie sent us this picture of her map tattoo (at least i think it is a tattoo, it could be chocolate). I think it is Mercator on her arm but maybe a projections geek will correct me or you could ask her when you see her at FOSS4G in […]
Roger Payne sent us this Map Cow “After your request for maps in the wild at Geomob here’s one. It’s an old photo from 2000 I had to scan from a print. It was part of Cow Parade https://www.cowparade.com/our-story/ in New York, and happened to be the first Cow I came across, found […]
Alex Wrottesley of Geovation sent me this beautiful 15th century world map that he came across in Florence Fra’ Mauro, a Camaldolese monk, was active in Venice toward the mid-fifteenth century. His world map depicts the image of the Earth prevailing before the discovery of America. Based on literary texts […]
Ross McDonald sent us this stunning map made of butterflies “A growing map of the SW Cape made up of butterflies. Each butterfly added supports a child living in an informal settlement
Michael Terner sent us this medallion map from Southern California … a “medallion map” that was placed on a pedestrian bridge that crosses a small tributary of the San Francisco Bay in San Mateo, CA (where my mother lives). The medallion shows the historic location of Seashell Mounds left by […]
